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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Student Association Of Community Colleges

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541856723
UT · NTEE B82
FY ending 2022-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Phil Clegg, Executive Director / CEO ($14,584) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 208 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Phil Clegg — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

208 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 208 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,660 $14,584
$6,14210th
$18,77125th
$40,235Median
$63,30575th
$87,61290th
$14,584This org · 23rd
p10$6,142
p25$18,771
p50$40,235
p75$63,305
p90$87,612
$14,584

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to UT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Texas Architectural Foundation TX$264,935 Txa Evp $29,217 $26,644 2024
Orme Primavera Schools Foundation AZ$264,877 Treasurer $1,700 $1,452 2025
African American Teaching Fellows VA$264,812 Executive Di $82,442 $72,569 2024
Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative Inc VA$264,770 Managing Director $2,733 $2,406 2024
John P Burke Memorial Fund RI$264,645 Executive Director $35,833 $31,324 2024
Kensap Inc NJ$265,787 Executive Director $96,000 $80,448 2023
Foundation For Eden Prairie Schools MN$264,008 Executive Director $30,541 $27,511 2024
Greene County Fair Association Inc AR$263,615 Manager $2,119 $2,171 2024
East Valley Institute Of Technology Education Foundation Inc AZ$262,844 Board Member $14,400 $12,625 2024
Calculated Genius Inc IL$262,815 Executive Director $80,000 $71,701 2024
Bolivar Educational Advancement MO$262,684 Secretary Tr $5,348 $5,164 2024
Germantown Community Scholarship Fund Inc WI$267,938 Executive Director $34,000 $33,328 2023
Tbi Warrior Foundation TX$268,167 President $7,000 $6,572 2023
Scholarchips Inc DC$261,153 Founder And Executive Directo $99,342 $81,822 2023
The Claymont Foundation Inc OH$268,956 Financial Secretary $6,000 $5,793 2024
Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program ND$268,969 Executive Director $100,298 $103,308 2023
Decatur Central High School Band Booster Inc IN$269,580 Director, Treasurer $10,000 $9,898 2023
The Education Foundation Inc OH$260,084 Executive Di $25,938 $24,400 2025
These Numbers Have Faces OR$259,701 Executive Director $90,000 $78,446 2023
Red Legacy Recovery Inc TN$258,828 Executive Director $55,120 $54,380 2023
The Piston Foundation Inc CT$258,541 Secretary $115,562 $98,780 2024
Northville Educational Foundation MI$271,393 Executive Director $58,205 $56,388 2023
Seton Cincinnati Sgo OH$271,454 President $29,088 $27,363 2025
The Galax Foundation For Excellence In VA$271,500 Secretary/treasurer $12,000 $10,563 2024
California Landscape Architectual CA$272,536 Treasurer $18,000 $14,170 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT cost of living and 2022 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to UT cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Phil Clegg) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 208 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,584 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.